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Disability Accommodation Lawyer in San Diego
Employee-side disability accommodation counsel for workers in San Diego and nearby California workplaces.
How we help San Diego workers
Workplace Rights Advocacy represents San Diego employees in disability accommodation matters and related California claims. San Diego’s mix of biotech, military contractors, hospitality, and healthcare creates frequent disputes over leave, accommodations, wages, and retaliation after internal complaints.
If you can perform the essential parts of your job with a reasonable adjustment—modified schedule, equipment, light duty, or reassignment to an open role—the employer generally must provide it unless doing so would impose serious hardship on the business.
Interactive process and undue hardship
California expects a good-faith interactive process to identify workable options. Refusing to talk, ignoring medical notes, or rejecting proposals without real analysis can violate the law—alongside failure to accommodate and disability discrimination.
Evidence that often matters
- Healthcare provider notes describing work limitations
- Your written accommodation requests and the employer’s replies
- Job descriptions vs. what you actually do day to day
- Whether open positions were considered for reassignment
- Any discipline that followed an accommodation request
Frequently asked questions
- Does my employer have to give me the exact accommodation I want?
- Not always. The employer must provide a reasonable accommodation that works—not necessarily your preferred option—after a real interactive process.
- What if my employer says it is an “undue hardship”?
- Undue hardship is a high bar focused on significant difficulty or expense. A bare assertion is not enough.
- Can I be fired for asking for an accommodation?
- Punishment for requesting an accommodation can be retaliation and may support discrimination theories as well.
- What if my employer will not engage at all?
- That can be an interactive-process violation. See when an employer won’t accommodate.